diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3a83c241ea2024853c09864f7bda2509b123c7e5..4264da159dbbcb7f3f874ff862802770b682966f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>de.thm.arsnova</groupId>
 	<artifactId>arsnova-backend</artifactId>
-	<version>2.5.3</version>
+	<version>2.5.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
 
 	<properties>